Happy Memorial Day

We baked cookies to celebrate.  Come on over and get one if you aren't too busy.  On second thought, you probably don't live remotely near me and even if you did, these cookies are going fast.  We made two dozen and are already down ten.

I did the baking and BG did the decorating.  We have lots of Red, White and Blue sprinkles.   I'm actually kinda proud of the job I did.  No burnt cookies.  This is a  first I think.  I normally end up burning some part of the batch.

We've been having fun this Memorial Day weekend.  LG really got in the mood with her pom pom headband.

We also had some friends over for BBQ Turkey-burgers and a playing at the park.  The swings are always a favorite.

Hope all of you are having a relaxing day off from school. 

Motivated
I'm feeling motivated this holiday morning.  After LG and I got up, I did a practice walk.  Well, I'm always practicing walking and have gotten pretty good at missing walls and doors.  I'm still walking in to the coffee table.  Gotta work on that.

When school gets out for summer, I'm going to lose my daily 2.5 miles taking her to and from campus.  I don't want to lose my walking mojo.  The legs are starting to look pretty good.   This morning I walked 2 miles to the library book drop, Vons for cinnamon rolls and Starbucks and the .75 miles back home.  I took the long way, straight up a hill, getting there.  In all it took me 1.5 hours.  I guess I'm going to have to skip the Starbucks once I'm walking on weekdays.  I'm going to have to try to get my walks done before DH goes to work so BG can stay at home.

I love taking BG with me, but she walks too slow.  Plus, she'll still be joining me for the mommy group walks and the lagoon with the neighbors a couple of times a week.  She'll get enough exercise this summer between the pool, theme parks and and neighborhood kids.

Maybe I can use some of this motivation and get crafty today.  Finish the Wallis or something.

Librarian Scorned

I don't remember if I shared with you or not, but the Librarian, the one I swear hates me, doesn't know me from Adam.

LG and I were at a lapsit the other week and another mom mentioned that her and I were coming back for the school-aged reading group.  Her and "that Mom, that one right there, THAT Mom."  I finally had to wave.  Then the librarian double checked with us, "Oh, both of you are coming back?"

Really?  You don't remember me?  I was annoying and then I complimented you on you very librarian shoes.

The girls love reading their library books.

I think that I figured out why our librarian can seem so grumpy, beside being fondled by 11mth old little boys, say what?  Her library has a horrible selection.  That is my old library had a great selection and this one doesn't... at all.  There have been a few books that I have looked for that are not even in their catalog.  If you are trying to read a series, it is difficult to get all the books in order without having to wait long periods of time because they are always checked out or on reserve.  There is one mom reading Harry Potter to her kids as she finds them.  If you are looking for something on the bestseller's list, you might as well give up and go buy it.

I was talking to a mom who's brother's wife's sister (or some crazy thing like that) works at the library in the town just south of us.  She says our library gets the most money, but has the least programs and worst book/DVD selection.  But that's just the gossip around town.  I've been happy with our library programs, don't check out DVDs because there aren't any that interest me, and really wish they had more books.

I'd be a grumpy librarian, too.

The librarian now remembers me and can even match me up with my kids.  We had a nice conversation today about how both of us would rather be barefoot than wear shoes.  Even cool librarian shoes.

Hey, at least I'm not the mom of the 11mth old boy that crawled over to her, stood up, put a hand on each breast, and then tried to steal her necklace.  OMG, it was so funny.  I thought she was going to loose it, but she didn't.

The Mommy Groups
I've been active in the mommy groups.  Mostly the Red Group.  I have all but left the Blue Group.  I don't receive any of their email reminders anymore and have to search their calendar for something that I want to do that isn't Bootcamp , running up and down stairs or a "Thigh Killaz" Jam.  Funny thing is I really liked that the Blue Group was into fitness, but I don't want to be that fit. 

I think the only reason I haven't just left is because I paid $5 for my year already. 

In the Red Group I host a walk every other week, a few playdates at the park and something occasional at my house.  Today was awesome.  We did a flower swap, I got the idea from all the yarn swaps on Ravelry. 

I forgot to take a picture of all the flowers together, but here is the bouquet that I got to keep.

Love it.

Little Giraffe

Here's a little yarnie love for you.  Meet Stevie, our Little Giraffe (rav).  Stevie is a rocker.  How could he not be with all these awesome colors.

He makes me want to go like this...

 Eck - I need a haircut

Yeah, I named him after THAT Steven.  Hello-- Rocker.  I have even got a little Walk This Way playing in the background as I write this.

Back to Stevie.  He's awesome.  Everyone that sees him, wants to take him home.  He's not allowed to leave the house.  We don't want another Sophie incident.  I made him out of Malabrigo Worsted from my stash on size 8US needles.  He stands 9.5 inches tall, a great size for cuddling. 

Stevie isn't suppose to have a mane.  At least the pattern doesn't call for a mane.  I couldn't help myself.  Stevie is a rebel, he doesn't believe in haircuts.  I've been asked a couple of times how I got his hair to do what it does.  Each little strand is perfectly twisted to little points and not a one of them looks frayed or cut.  All I can say to this is that Stevie is a guy thus meaning he has great hair and long eye lashes. 

Stevie needs a band.  I was thinking that because he's so tall he could be the bass player, watcha think?  Molly has already signed up.  You can meet her next time, if I can find her in the toy box.  She is sooo annoying with all her groupies, I swear.